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— guild·hall noun

Synonyms

association, brotherhood, club, college, congress, council, fellowship, fraternity, institute, institution, league, order, organization, society—more at ASSOCIATION

guile noun : deceitful cunning : DUPLICITY

Synonyms

artfulness, artifice, caginess, canniness, craft, craftiness, cunning, slyness, wiliness—more at CUNNING

craft, craftiness, crookedness, deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity—more at DECEIT

guile·ful adjective : full of guile : characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery

Synonyms

artful, cagey, crafty, cunning, devious, foxy, slick, sly, subtle, wily—more at ARTFUL

guil·lo·tine noun [ORIGIN: F, fr. Joseph Guillotin †1814 Fr. physician]

: a machine for beheading persons

— guillotine verb

guilt noun 1 : the fact of having committed an offense esp. against the law

2 : the state of one who has committed an offense esp. consciously

3 : a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing

Synonyms

[2] blame, culpability, fault, rap—more at BLAME

[3] contrition, penitence, remorse, repentance, self-reproach, shame; also misgiving, qualm, scruple; compunction; blame, fault, responsibility; chagrin, regret

guilt·less adjective : free from guilt or evil

Synonyms

blameless, clear, faultless, impeccable, innocent, irreproachable—more at INNOCENT

guilt-trip verb : to cause feelings of guilt in

guilty adjective guilt·i·er; -est 1 : having committed a breach of conduct or a crime

2 : suggesting or involving guilt

3 : aware of or suffering from guilt

— guilt·i·ly adverb

— guilt·i·ness noun

Synonyms

[1] accountable, answerable, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, reprehensible

Antonyms

blameless, guiltless, innocent

[3] ashamed, contrite, hangdog, penitent, remorseful, repentant, shamefaced; also apologetic, sorry; regretful, rueful; penitential; chagrined, embarrassed, sheepish

Antonyms

impenitent, remorseless, shameless, unashamed, unrepentant

guin·ea noun 1 : a British gold coin no longer issued worth 21 shillings

2 : a unit of value equal to 21 shillings

guinea fowl noun : a gray and white spotted West African bird related to the pheasants and widely raised for food; also : any of several related birds

guinea hen noun : a female guinea fowl; also : GUINEA FOWL

Guin·ean noun : a native or inhabitant of Guinea

— Guinean adjective

guinea pig noun 1 : a small stocky short-eared and nearly tailless So. American rodent often kept as a pet or used in lab research

2 : a subject of research or testing

guise noun 1 : a form or style of dress : COSTUME

2 : external appearance : SEMBLANCE

Synonyms

[1] dress, garb, getup, outfit—more at OUTFIT

[2] appearance, face, name, semblance, show—more at APPEARANCE

gui·tar noun : a musical instrument with usu. six strings plucked with a pick or with the fingers

gulch noun : a deep or precipitous cleft : RAVINE

Synonyms

canyon, defile, flume, gap, gorge, gulf, notch, pass, ravine—more at CANYON

gulf noun [ORIGIN: ME goulf, fr. MF golfe, fr. It golfo, fr. LL colpus, fr. Gk kolpos bosom, gulf]

1 : a part of an ocean or sea partly or mostly surrounded by land

2 : ABYSS, CHASM

3 : a wide separation

Synonyms

bay, bight, cove, estuary, inlet; also harbor, port, roadstead; narrow, sound, strait; bayou

1gull noun : any of numerous mostly white or gray long-winged web-footed seabirds

2gull verb : to make a dupe of : DECEIVE

Synonyms

deceive, delude, dupe, fool, misinform, mislead, take in, trick—more at DECEIVE

3gull noun : a person who is easily deceived or cheated : DUPE

gul·let noun : ESOPHAGUS; also : THROAT

gull·ible adjective : easily duped or cheated

Synonyms

easy, naive, susceptible—more at EASY

gul·ly noun, plural gullies : a trench worn in the earth by and often filled with running water after rains

1gulp verb 1 : to swallow hurriedly or greedily

2 : SUPPRESS <~ down a sob>